![[Seattle Times] Kraken to celebrate community heroes, award $32,000 grants at each home game](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05-24-09_49_16-Kraken-to-celebrate-community-heroes-award-32000-grants-at-each-home-game-_-T-1024x680.jpg)
“The Kraken are asking fans to recommend civic-minded friends and neighbors, some of whom will see a grant of $32,000 awarded to their chosen nonprofit at each of the 41 regular-season home games next season. The Kraken Unity Fund Together with Starbucks will sponsor a celebration of what a team release termed ‘a community hero’…
![[Puget Sound Business Journal] Seattle Kraken and One Roof Foundation work to make hockey an inclusive sport](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/21-10-27-ReWA-Kraken8818-copy-1024x521.jpg)
The Seattle Kraken and One Roof Foundation are proud to receive this year’s Puget Sound Business Journal “Corporate Champion Award.” Read more on our commitment to community and qualifications for this award here….
![[Cision] SEATTLE KRAKEN ANNOUNCE FUND TO HONOR COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-9.png)
“Today, the Seattle Kraken announced that they will honor and celebrate a community hero and a non-profit of their choice with a grant of $32,000 at every Kraken regular season home game, starting next season…Fans will be asked to nominate people who exemplify the values of the Kraken’s non-profit, One Roof Foundation, are inspirational leaders in their…
![[Puget Sound Business Journal] PSBJ unveils 2022 Corporate Citizenship honorees](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PSBJ.jpg)
“The Seattle Kraken is PSBJ’s Corporate Citizen of the Year for its wins outside the rink, helping youth and communities in need… The organization and its One Roof Foundation is PSBJ’s Corporate Champion of the Year.” — Read more here….
![[Sport Management Hub] MARI HORITA HELPS THE SEATTLE KRAKEN DIG STRONG ROOTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS VP OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & SOCIAL IMPACT](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/58595A4B-638C-427F-B722-61FCFDAF7FB3.webp)
An industry profile of One Roof Foundation’s Executive Director, Mari Horita. — Read more here….
![[KING 5] Diversity is a continuing challenge in hockey](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-02-17-16_06_07-Diversity-is-a-continuing-challenge-in-hockey-_-king5-1.jpg)
“The Seattle Kraken organization is hoping youth hockey programs will help change the face of the game.” “[Alicia] Alarcon is a single mother of three kids and said she never thought she’d be balancing taking care of her two daughters while watching her son play hockey at the Kraken Community Ice Rink in Northgate….there are 1,100 current…
![[U.S. Figure Skating] Bridging the Gap](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/21-10-20-ReWA-Kraken8871-1024x684.jpg)
Kraken Community Iceplex creates opportunities for access and equity “In September, the Kraken implemented a partnership between the One Roof Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, and the Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA) to teach more than 60 preschoolers how to ice skate.” — Read the full story here….
![[Underscore News] Indigenous Focus Hits the Ice in Professional Hockey](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Eberle-IPN-1024x685.jpeg)
” The NHL’s newest franchise, the Seattle Kraken, is leading the way with art and youth programs to build Native American ties to a sport that traces much of its history to Indigenous peoples of North America.” — Read the full story here….
![[GreenSportsBlog] Seattle Kraken’s ‘One Roof Foundation’ Begins Environmental Justice Push](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SouthPark-DRCC-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg)
“GSB spoke with Mari Horita, the Kraken’s VP of Community Engagement and Social Impact and Executive Director of One Roof, about the strategies and tactics that could help make a positive difference on the environment and climate — which will in turn improve health and economic conditions — in marginalized communities in the Seattle area.”…
![[HistoryLink.org] Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle opens with benefit concert featuring Foo Fighters on October 19, 2021](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HistoryLink-Image-cropped.jpg)
“Although October 22, 2021, was promoted as the official opening date of Climate Pledge Arena (CPA), local music fans previewed the new 740,000-square-foot arena three days earlier when Foo Fighters and Death Cab for Cutie played a sold-out benefit concert on October 19…Called ‘A New Way Home,’ the benefit concert helped support the Northwest Immigrant…
